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The following Address was delivered to me the 21st day of October, 1800, by Farmer's Brother (Chief Sachem of the Seneca Nation) at the house of Mr. John Palmer, at Buffaloe, it being the third public meeting I have had with them:

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E thank the Great Good Spirit, that we have an opportunity to meet together this day-We have something more to say to you-Yesterday, after we heard your good talk, we had not time to speak all that we had to say to your ears.

Father, we now address ourselves to you and your good Society. There have been several applications made to our nations by the government of the United States and the Quakers, to send some of our youth to them to get learning.

Father, we felt ourselves at that time very happy, that such loving union and friendship did take place between the white people of the United States and us.

Father, I then gave up one of my grandsons to the United States to get learning, in hopes that this youth, when he got learning, would be of great service to our nations, to inform us of the good customs and ways of the white people-What we agreed upon was, that he was to remain with them five years; thinking by that time he would gain knowledge of the good ways and manners of the white people-Two years after he had been at Philadelphia, I and a number of other chiefs of our nation, went there upon public businessWhen I arrived there, I was anxious to see my grandson-And how was I surprised when I first saw himhe was in a tavern-The next place I saw him at, was in a house, gaming--And further, I saw him in a bad house, where were bad women-What was my astonishment to see him in such company, and he but only a boy yet-And besides, I saw him dancing in a house where they teach dancing-Then all my expectations

fell of thinking he would ever be of any service to our nations, for we know of no such things among us, of boys of such age as he was, going into such company, and following such bad ways.

Father, some time after I returned home, I had business to Genesee, where some of my people lived, where I found this young man in soldier's dress. The first request he made to me was, for two miles square of land, to support him to go about and attend to other business.

Father, while this grandson of mine was at school, we were looking to see how he would turn out; intending, if he did well, to send several more of our youth to be learned by the white people-But finding he has turned out so bad, our hearts fell, concluding that if we send more of our boys, and they should learn such bad ways as he had, that our land would be cut into small pieces, and our nation dispersed and ruined.

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Father, we have now a particular favor to ask of you and your good society. I have a mind to try once more I have another grandson which we wish that and your society would take under your protection, and learn him the good customs of the white people, and keep him from all the bad ways, for we believe from the good words we have heard from your mouth, and the good talk sent to us by your good society, that if you and they will be so kind as to favor us poor Indians by accepting this boy to teach him the good ways that you know and practise, we are in great hopes that he will be of great use to us Indians, by telling us of your good ways, to open our eyes to see how to walk in your good paths.

Father, if you and your good society will accept of this boy, and take him under your care to instruct him, we will not undertake to direct you what you shall learn him, for we give him up altogether into your hands, to do with him as you shall think best, for we believe you are all good, wise men, and that you pity Indians, and know what will be for our good, and what to do with this boy better than we can tell you.

VOL. II. No. 1.

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• Father, you and your good Society know, that we Indians are poor-We are convinced that it is very expensive to give learning to youth-We think that you are so good, and have the welfare of Indians so much in your heart, that you will not expect us to pay any thing for the education of this boy, for we are so poor that we are not able.

Father, we have now fully explained our mind to you about the business that we had not time to mention to you yesterday-And we now pray, that the Great Good Spirit may bless you and the good Society that sent you to visit us; and that he will protect you on your journey; and that you may not meet with any difficulty on the way, nor fall over any stumbling-block to hurt you; but that you may arrive safe to see your good Society, and that you may have a joyful meeting,. and find your children all in good health:

Father, we also pray that the Good Spirit may always have his eyes over this boy that we now give up to you and your good Society, and that you may have it in your power to plant good things in him. We now deliver these strings of wampum to you, to accompany our talk to that great and good Society at New-York, that sent you to visit us.

WE the subscribers, assisted as interpreters when the foregoing Address was delivered, and assisted the Rev. Elkanah Holmes to commit it to writing-And do hereby certify, That the above is as near to the phraseology and ideas of the speaker, as we are able to recollect.

WILLIAM JOHNSTON,

NICHOLAS CUSOCK.

THE foregoing application to me was very unexpected at the time, but I returned for answer to the sachem, that I was not prepared to take the boy home with me at my own expence, but if they would fit him out, and be at the expence of taking him to NewYork, I would venture to take charge of him this winter, and until next summer, and if the Directors of the Missionary Society did not think proper to accept of him, I would endeavor that he should be returned to them again without any further expence.

He is to be amply provided for with clothes and money to go with me to New-York, according to my proposal-He is between thirteen and fourteen years of age He is of the first family in the nation, by his mother's side, and, therefore, is now a chief, according to the custom of the nation, and will be entitled to the first place in the nation, if he lives and does well-His father is a white man, a half-pay officer in the British service-His mother was part white, and the boy so white, that he would scarcely be suspected to be any ways related to the Indians-He speaks English very well-He has been to school, and I am told can read and write considerably well for such a boy-He is very active and sensible, and appears to be of a good disposition. He is well recommended to me by several white people. For these and several other reasons, I was induced to accept of him in the manner I have mentioned. I hope it will meet with the ap probation of the Directors of the Missionary Society, and with the blessing of God.

ELKANAH HOLMES.

P. S. I think it not proper to send the wampum by the post, but to keep them with me until my return to New-York.

The DYING EXERCISES of SUSANNAH WRIGHT, late of Weekly, near Kettering, a Child under 12 years of age; in a letter from her Mother to Mr. Fuller.

[Mr. F, hearing of the dangerous affliction of the child, in the month of May, 1800, visited her. He conversed and prayed with her, but she appeared altogether unconcerned. During his absence in London, in the month of June, she died. On his return, being desired to preach a sermon on occasion of her death, he requested of her parents an account of the state of her mind during her last affliction. The following Leller was drawn up by Mrs. Wright, in answer to this request.

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Dear and honored Sir,

is with a mournful pleasure that I attempt to write a few of the exercises of my dear child, and with fear and trembling, as it is so near to myself, lest, after all, we should be mistaken in so important an affair as the salvation of an immortal soul: but I will endeavor to write a little in the fear of the Lord, who knoweth all hearts.

The day after you visited her, which was I think on May 14, her disorder produced a very alarming effect; so that her life, to all appearance, could be but short. She seemed to be much affrighted, and I hope, prayed to the Lord for the pardon of her sins, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Her father prayed with her, and after he had done, she said, "I wish Mr. Fuller were here; I should like to see him." I asked her, whether she had thought much of what you said when you were here? Yes, I do think of one thing in particular; namely, That it was no small thing that brought down the Lord of life and glory into this world to suffer and die. There must be something very offensive in the nature of sin against a holy God."

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